Tim Robinson has been extensively mapping and studying Connemara for the last thirty years. His work on the region has received international recognition through publications such as ‘Listening to the Wind’, ‘The Last Pool of Darkness’ and ‘A Little Gaelic Kingdom’.
Eoghan is returning to Ireland for the first time in 15 years to accept a job offer: to find and record places free from man-made sound. His quest takes him away from towns and villages into remote terrain. He becomes drawn into a series of encounters and conversations which divert his attention towards a more intangible silence, one that is bound up with the sounds of the life he had left behind.
Au sein de la communauté des gens du voyage en Irlande, "King of the Travellers" suit la quête destructrice de John Paul Moorehouse, qui cherche à venger la mort de son père. Le désir de vengeance de John Paul vacille lorsque celui-ci tombe amoureux de Winnie Power, la fille de l’homme qu’il suspecte d’être l’assassin.
Au XIXème siècle, dans l’Irlande en proie à de terribles difficultés économiques, une femme se fait passer pour un homme afin de pouvoir travailler. Pendant trente ans, elle trompe son entourage, employée dans un hôtel sous le nom d’Albert Nobbs, en tant que majordome.